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months, as Youghal was a well-known and largely-frequented 

 seaside resort in the South. The walk from the station to the 

 town proper, fully half a mile or more, afforded a fine view of the 

 bay, the strand, and the town of Youghal lying on the lower 

 ground. 



The town, which was picturesquely situated where the Southern 

 Blackwater emptied into the sea, consists of one street fully a mile 

 or more in length, with some small cross-streets at intervals. It 

 has an ancient history, something like that of their own old town 

 of Carrickfergus, but it went further back into the early period of 

 the ancient Celtic Church. Certainly during the Viking period it 

 was an important place, and had a well-authenticated history 

 through the Anglo-Norman period, as its various ancient charters 

 testified. In a town of such a character they naturally expect to 

 find many relics of the past ages, and in this they were not 

 disappointed. The main street was narrow, and about half-way 

 through they passed underneath an arched gateway, on which was 

 erected a building of four storeys, surmounted by a clock tower. 

 The members were welcomed in the Town Hall by the chairman 

 and members of the urban council, who exhibited their ancient 

 charters and various local curios. They were fortunate in having 

 such an intelligent and well-informed guide as Mr. J. C. Buckley, 

 the honorary local secretary of the Society, who was possessed of 

 vast stores of knowledge on all local subjects, and conveyed it to 

 them in most fluent and eloquent language. 



Their first, and part of the second, day was passed in examining 

 the antiquities and places of interest, the most important of which 

 was the Collegiate Church of Saint Mary and the warden's house, 

 commonly called Raleigh's House. Portions of the old town hall 

 and the ruins of the two monasteries, called respectively the North 

 and South Abbeys, were still standing. The North was of the 

 Dominican, and the South of the Franciscan order, and the latter 

 was the first house of the order erected in Ireland in the early 

 part of the 13th century by a member of the Desmond family. 

 The Dominican Friary was also founded by another member of 



